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Create a 1-2-page resource that will describe databases that arerelevant to EBP around a diagnosis you chose and could be used to help anew hire nurse better engage in EBP. ksljwqjwxqjx

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Evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best evidence availableto guide optimal nursing care, with a goal to enhance safety andquality. EBP is crucial to nursing practice because it incorporates thebest evidence from current literature, along with the expertise of thepracticing nurse. The concern for quality care that flows from EBPgenerates a desired outcome. Without these factors, a nurse cannot be aneffective leader. It is important to lead not only from this positionbut from knowledge and expertise. To gain the knowledge, you require agood understanding of how to search for scholarly resources, as well asidentify which databases and websites are credible for the purposes ofimplementing evidence-based changes in practice.

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Demonstration of Proficiency

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrateyour proficiency in the course competencies through the followingassessment scoring guide criteria:

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• Competency 1: Interpret findings from scholarly quantitative, qualitative, and outcomes research articles and studies.
  • Explain why the sources selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
• Competency 2: Analyze the relevance and potential effectiveness of evidence when making a decision.
  • Describe the best places to complete research and what types ofresources one would want to access to find pertinent information for thediagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
• Competency 4: Plan care based on the best available evidence.
  • Identify five sources of online information (medical journaldatabases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could beused to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication strategies to lead practice changes based on evidence.
  • Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses toresearch the diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with thenurses to access resources.
  • Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

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Professional Context

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As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, you will be responsible forproviding patient-centered, competent care based on currentevidence-based best practices. You will be required to do research,analysis, and dissemination of best evidence to stay abreast of thesebest practices. Understanding where to go to find credible sources andlocate evidence, as well as which search terms to use, is the foundationof incorporation of best practices.

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Scenario

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You are supervising three nurses working on the medical-surgicalfloor of a local teaching hospital. This hospital is nationallyrecognized as a leader in education and has a computer lab with anonline library where staff has access to medical research databases(that is, CINAHL, PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane library) and onlinesources of all hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines, andcomputers at nurse workstations that also have access to theseresources. (For this scenario, use the Capella University Library tosimulate the hospital’s online library.) You have given the nurses theirpatient assignments and you have all participated in shift report. Anew nurse who just completed orientation and training a week agoapproaches you and tells you that one of the assigned patients has adiagnosis he or she is very unfamiliar with. Knowing thatpatient-centered care based on best practices is imperative to positivepatient outcomes, you want to assist this nurse to find research thatcan be utilized to provide the best care for this patient. Describe howyou would communicate with this nurse to encourage him or her toresearch the diagnosis. Assume you will assist in the quest to locateevidence, then describe where you would go within the facility and whatresources you would look for. These resources may include websites,journals, facility policies or guidelines, or any other sources ofonline information.

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You may choose the diagnosis for the patient in thisscenario. Choose something you would find interesting to research orthat applies to a clinical problem you would be interested inaddressing. Create a list of at least five sources that could be used tofind evidence, with the best source listed first, and explain why thesources you chose are best to find evidence for the diagnosis you choseand the clinical scenario. You are only evaluating the sources ofevidence (database, website, policy database or website, et cetera). Youare not actually completing a search and selectingevidence. Consider the following examples: a nursing journal in CINAHLmay not be the best source of evidence for information on how toadminister medications through a central-venous catheter, whereas ahospital policy database found on a website may not be the best sourceof information on caring for a patient with a rare chromosomalabnormality.

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Preparation

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To help ensure you are prepared to complete this assessment, reviewthe following resources related to the Capella library. These resourceswill provide you an overview of the types of tools, resources, andguides available in the library. This may be useful in forming a betterunderstanding of the library to apply to the hypothetical situation laidout in the scenario of this assessment.

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• BSN Program Library Research Guide.
• Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Sciences.
• Databases A-Z: Nursing & Health Sciences.
• Get Critical Search Skills.

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Remember, it is also appropriate to look toward databases andresources outside of the Capella library, such as organizationalpolicies, professional organizations, and government health careresources.

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You are encouraged to complete the Evaluating the Credibility ofEvidence activity. This activity offers an opportunity to practiceevaluating the credibility of evidence. These skills will be necessaryto complete Assessment 1 successfully and is for your own practice andself-assessment. Completing this activity is also a way to demonstratecourse engagement.

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Instructions

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The purpose of this assessment is to understand where to findevidence that can be applied to clinical scenarios and to learneffective communication and collaboration with clinical staff during theprocess of evidence location. As a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, youwill not only use research for self-improvement in your clinical role,but you will also serve as a mentor to supervised nursingstaff. Therefore, you will need to be able to communicate andcollaborate effectively to guide them toward resources to find research,as well as support them through the initial evidence locationprocess. In doing so, nurses can gain access to evidence that can beanalyzed and utilized to stay current on best practices. This allowsthem to provide safe, patient-centered care and improve patientoutcomes.

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For this assessment:

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• Describe your role as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse supervisingclinical staff nurses with regard to communication and collaboration inlocating evidence for application to a nursing practice scenario.
• Compile a list of five online databases or other online sources(that is, websites, journals, facility policies or guidelines, etcetera) that can be used to research evidence to apply to this scenarioand describe to which of these you would direct a nurse colleague tosearch for evidence.
• Describe where you might go in the clinical setting to completethis research and how you would access the desired, relevant researchwithin research databases or other online sources.

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Be sure to address the following in this assessment, whichcorrespond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please studythe scoring guide carefully so that you will know what is needed for adistinguished score.

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• Describe communication strategies to encourage nurses to researchthe diagnosis, as well as strategies to collaborate with the nurses toaccess resources.
• Describe the best places to complete research and what types ofresources you would want to access to find pertinent information for thediagnosis within the context of a specific health care setting.
• Identify five sources of online information (medical journaldatabases, websites, hospital policy databases, et cetera) that could beused to locate evidence for a clinical diagnosis.
• Explain why the sources of online information selected should provide the best evidence for the chosen diagnosis.
• Communicate using writing that is clear, logical, and professional with correct grammar and spelling using current APA style.

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Note: While you are not selecting and evaluatingspecific evidence to help with the clinical diagnosis, you should stillbe citing the literature and best practices to support your descriptionof your communication and collaboration approach. Additionally, it isappropriate to cite best practices related to EBP and evaluatingdatabases to support your explanation as to why you selected the fivesources of online information that you did.

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Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:

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• Assessment 1 Example [PDF].

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Submission Requirements

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Your assessment should meet the following requirements:

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• Length of submission: 1–2 pages (not includingthe reference page) description of communication, collaboration, andevidence location process, including a list of databases or othersources with description of why they are appropriate for clinicalscenario diagnosis (that is, something that would be useable inprofessional practice for other nurses). Be sure to include anAPA-formatted reference page at the end of your submission.
• Number of references: Cite aminimum of three sources of scholarly or professional evidence thatsupports your findings and considerations. Resources should be no morethan five years old.
• APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style.